United Solo Theatre Festival Announces Award Winners

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NEW YORK CITY: The United Solo Theatre Festival held its fifth annual awards ceremony on Nov. 23 on Theatre Row at 42nd Street, concluding a 10-week season of solo theatre. This season was its longest season yet, with 130 productions presented from Sept. 18–Nov. 23, 2014.

“I couldn’t be happier to see how United Solo has grown, on many levels,” said Omar Sangare, the festival’s founder and artistic director, in a statement. “Our festival expanded from a two-week event to a season spanning over two months. We created an overseas showcase, and we have our own collection of published scripts. But most importantly, we created a community of artists around the festival, with whom we can be in constant conversation about new ways to fulfill our mission.”

Billy Crystal

Among the honorees was Billy Crystal, who received the United Solo Special Award for his autobiographical Broadway show 700 Sundays. On receiving the award, Crystal said that working solo “made me a better actor, it made my discipline stronger, it made every night more of a challenge, because it was just me.”